Whales Were Torpedoed By The British Warship HMS Brilliant During The Falklands War

Contact: HMS Brilliant, a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy, killed three whales after mistaking them for enemy submarines while engaged in the Falklands War, it has emerged

British Warship HMS Brilliant Torpedoed WHALES During Falklands War After Mistaking Them For Enemy Submarines -- Daily Mail

Radar on the war ship registered whales as 'Wolf Packs' enemy submarines
New eyewitness testimony has emerged of the tense days in 1982

A British warship fired on and killed three whales during the Falklands War after mistaking them for enemy submarines.

The startling revelation is contained within new eyewitness accounts of the tense days aboard anti-submarine frigate HMS Brilliant during the 1982 conflict in the southern seas.

Radar on the Royal Navy ship was unable to distinguish between attacking 'Wolf Packs' of subs and a pod of whales.

In one instance, two of the mammals were killed by torpedoes and the third was attacked by one of the ship’s helicopters.

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My Comment: And we are learning about this only now .... 30 years later? I guess they wanted to keep their radar vulnerability a secret.